The Breathitts were standout soccer players for Lexington Catholic. Knee injuries — torn ACLs suffered by Katie as a high school senior and by Kelsey as an Ole Miss junior — led to a change of sports.

When Katie ran a strong 3,000 meters as part of a soccer fitness test, she was encouraged to try track.

"They're a lot different (sports) but I like this," she said. "This is suited more for me."

A year later, Kelsey switched.

"I came back (from injury) and soccer wasn't really the same for me," Kelsey said. "And, honestly, Katie, with what she could do in track, I thought, 'Why don't I give it a try?' "

Eastern Kentucky, 17th in the team standings, was led by Ann Eason. The sophomore from Sayre placed 50th in a personal-best 17:37.26.

Louisville, 31st, was led by Michelle Molodynia in 111th.

The men's 8,000-meter race was pure dominance by Arizona's two Kenyans.

Lalang's time of 22:33.57 — nearly three seconds ahead of Sambu — lopped more than half a minute off 5-year-old records for the course (23:08.9 by Villanova's Bobby Curtis) and meet (23:09.0 by Eastern Kentucky's Jacob Korir).

Lalang, from Kibet's hometown of Eldoret, said the win gives him confidence for this year's NCAA Championships, to be run on the same course.

"Because I know everything right now," he said. "I know how the hills are, how the flats are, the slopes. ... It gives me a lot of confidence coming back."

Louisville placed sixth in the team standings.

"Not where we want to be. We definitely feel like we didn't get to show where we are as a group," U of L Coach Joe Walker said. "We've got to get better. So it's a good wake-up call for us to get some things corrected as we move forward."

The Cardinals' Japhet Kipkoech and Ernest Kibet — freshmen from Eldoret — ran 8-9, just ahead of Western Kentucky's Joseph Chebet, a Ugandan. UK's Luis Orta, from Venezuela, took 12th.

"I tried to hang in there. I felt good," said Orta, who clocked 24:06.96. "I wanted to run faster than that. I wanted to break 24. ... So not completely happy with the time, but it was a good race overall and we still have a long way to go in the season to run faster and better."